Turned Around: Replying to Common Objections Against the Traditional Latin Mass

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Turned Around: Replying to Common Objections Against the Traditional Latin Mass is a practical and clear book that examines the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) through a fresh lens. In each chapter, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski addresses common objections to the TLM, transforming these challenges into gateways for a deeper understanding and appreciation of its timeless beauty. From the reasons we worship facing East, to the profound significance of praying in Latin, and the ritual separation of priest and people, Turned Around sheds light on why these liturgical elements resonate so deeply with the faithful.

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Turned Around: Replying to Common Objections Against the Traditional Latin Mass is a practical and clear book that examines the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) through a fresh lens. In each chapter, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski addresses common objections to the TLM, transforming these challenges into gateways for a deeper understanding and appreciation of its timeless beauty. From the reasons we worship facing East, to the profound significance of praying in Latin, and the ritual separation of priest and people, Turned Around sheds light on why these liturgical elements resonate so deeply with the faithful.

Various other topics will be explored within these pages, including:

  • Why the Traditional Mass Is Kingly and Courtly
  • Why We Follow Inherited Rituals and Strict Rubrics
  • Why We Repeat Ourselves in Traditional Worship
  • Why We Use a One-Year Lectionary of Readings
  • Why it Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately
  • Why We Kneel for Communion and Receive on the Tongue

Turned Around provides the answers and intrigue to explore the paradoxical and countercultural elements of the TLM that have drawn the young and older faithful closer to the divine for centuries. This book is not just a defense of tradition; it is a journey to the heart of Catholic worship, promising to deepen the reader’s spiritual life and understanding of the Mass. Whether you’re a skeptic or a devout follower, Turned Around offers a compelling case for the enduring relevance and beauty of the Traditional Latin Mass.

Format:
Hardcover
Author:
Peter Kwasniewski, PhD
Publish:
10/22/2024
Pages:
296

Karl Keating, Founder of Catholic Answers

“The public argument in favor of the Traditional Latin Mass has been waiting for a book that handles common objections thoroughly yet winsomely. This is that book. Other books examine at great length the historical, theological, and customary aspects of the old Mass, but those books are for the initiated. Turned Around is for newcomers and inquirers, particularly those who have been confused by stock arguments against the old Mass. The writing is clear, approachable, and often elegant. Any reader, no matter his current liturgical preference, will come away instructed, intrigued, and edified.”

Edward Feser, Professor of Philosophy, Pasadena City College

“It is a sign of the disorder of our times that many Catholics find that they have to defend—against fellow Catholics, of all people!—the Mass that for centuries molded the souls of so many saints and ordinary people alike. But that is where we are. Peter Kwasniewski’s Turned Around will contribute mightily to the restoration of liturgical and spiritual understanding.”

Eric Sammons, Editor of Crisis Magazine

“One of the few frustrations of attending the traditional Latin Mass is trying to explain its attractiveness to Catholics who only attend the new rite. Defending the TLM’s ‘foreignness’ to modern minds is a high barrier that’s difficult to overcome. In these pages, Dr. Kwasniewski not only ably accomplishes this task, he ‘turns around’ the common objections against the TLM to show that it’s the Mass of Ages that is truly at home in a fully Catholic worldview. ”

Cameron O’Hearn, Director of the Mass of the Ages Trilogy

“The most common objections to the TLM answered, once-and-for-all! Dr. Kwasniewski has crystallized centuries-old wisdom with his always persuasive prose and left us with a literary treasure. It might be the most convincing defense of the TLM I’ve ever read.”

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Weight 22 oz
Dimensions 11 × 8 × 3 in